Heir by Melissa A. Craven

Author:Melissa A. Craven [Craven, Melissa A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Midnight Hour Studio

Chapter Twenty-One

“You okay?” Darius asked, a doubtful look on his face.

Allie nodded, trying to remember how to breathe in the waking world. With a lurch, she bent over, dry heaving with her head between her knees. It always took her a minute to leave the dreamworld behind. “You’d think I’d get used to that after all this time.” She stood, wiping her clammy hands down the front of her jeans.

“You’d think,” Livia agreed.

“You sure you’re okay.” Darius took her hand. “You look a little green.”

“I’ll be okay. Where is everyone?”

“They’re gathered on the other side of the park.” Liam came to join them. “We need to move quickly before someone raises the alarm when they realize they can’t get in or out of the building.”

“Jayesh has issued a lockdown inside,” Livia said, returning her phone to her back pocket. “The kids will all be in their rooms within ten minutes.”

Allie nodded at Liam. “Send them over.” She stepped back and stared up at Sterling Tower. It was a beautiful building. And after today, if the takeover went as planned, it would be hers.

“It is done, sister,” Livia said. “We’ve nothing left to do but step inside.”

“I’m not ready,” Allie said. “I’ll never be ready for this … crushing reality of what my life will be. That my life was decided long before I was even born.”

“Prophecy be damned.” Livia took her hand. “You have a mind of your own, Allie. Use it. This doesn’t have to play out as some preordained sequence of events our parents planned for us. It is for you to decide how it will play out. You mold the future as you see it. Not anyone else.”

“Your sister is right, Allie.” Navid said, giving them a strange look, as if he was finally seeing them clearly for the first time. “Everything your mother and I have done—all the manipulation and deceit was to get you both here. Possibly to this very moment. We’ve seen a thousand different futures for you both, but right now, I see two young women ready to take on the world and make their own futures. My work is done.”

"We will always need your guidance," Allie said.

"We can't do any of this without you, Dad," Livia agreed, holding her hand out to their father.

Liam approached with an army of McBriens and Loukases in tow. Armed and dressed in fatigues, they were prepared for anything once inside. Allie wanted a peaceful takeover, but she wasn’t naive enough to think they could do it without a display of force, even with Jayesh on their side.

Allie crossed the grassy lawn of Piedmont Park to the stone entrance. The dreamworld pulsed around Sterling Tower. The busy city sidewalks filled with mortals, coming and going about their day. None passed in front of Sterling Tower. Their natural instincts led them around the barrier. Any Immortals nearby would sense the danger, but even if they wanted to cross the barrier, they couldn’t without a dream walker.

Once Marcus learned of the takeover, he wouldn’t be able to retaliate.

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